At Pro Tour Eldritch Moon, one of my favorite players, Owen Turtenwald played a Temur Emerge deck and got 2nd! He played what is probably the best Emrakul, the Promised End deck. Every card in the deck fills your grave yard, ramps your mana and/or finds Emrakul. To buy time you have Kozilek's Return, Elder Deep-Fiend and even a few Gnarlwood Dryads. With big haymaker plays, it is no surprise that Owen did so well. The deck is a little tricky and even I get off to a bumpy start, but these videos should sell you on how good this deck really is.

Deck Tech

Temur Emerge ? Eldritch Moon Standard | Owen Turtenwald, 2nd Pro Tour Eldritch Moon

• Creatures (16)
• 1 Wretched Gryff
• 2 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
• 3 Elder Deep-Fiend
• 3 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 3 Pilgrim's Eye
• 4 Gnarlwood Dryad

• Planeswalkers (1)
• 1 Chandra, Flamecaller

• Spells (22)
• 4 Grapple with the Past
• 4 Kozilek's Return
• 4 Gather the Pack
• 4 Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 2 Corrupted Grafstone
• 4 Vessel of Nascency

• Lands (21)
• 1 Mountain
• 3 Island
• 7 Forest
• 3 Game Trail
• 3 Shivan Reef
• 4 Yavimaya Coast

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Dispel
• 1 Coax from the Blind Eternities
• 2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
• 1 Den Protector
• 2 Fiery Impulse
• 2 Invasive Surgery
• 1 Summary Dismissal
• 1 Clip Wings
• 1 Negate
• 2 Shaman of Forgotten Ways

Buy This Deck

Match 1: Grixis Visions

Match 2: Bant Company

Match 3: Bant Humans

Match 4: Abzan Control

Match 5: Big Red

A lot of this deck's power is obviously Emrakul, and if Emrakul isn't good then the deck isn't. We have Coax from the Blind Eternities to help fight through Infinite Obliteration, but it is still a problem. I am not sure the best way to go about adding additional win conditions. Maybe an Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger in the sideboard could be good. Maybe more Chandra, Flamecaller? There are certainly a few options, and maybe with the Delirium synergies there are some particularly unique ones. Either way, while this deck may not be perfect, it is certainly great, and if you pick it up, maybe you can be like Owen Turtenwald too!

Until next week, GLHF friends. May you smite thy enemies with a Golden Axe!

— Andrew Boswell